Sword Art Online 012 – Alicization Rising Chapter 7 – The Two Supervisors 39 nostalgic, rich flavor spreading within my mouth. There were soups somewhat similar in Underworld too, but it had truly been two years since I had drank such perfect cream of corn soup. I let out a satisfied sigh after drinking two, three mouthfuls, then Cardinal's story resumed as though she had been waiting for that. "Understand this; the taboos binding us are things that can be overruled with merely altering our perception, as I demonstrated with the cup earlier. We... Administrator and I did not think of each other as human the moment we broke into battle. In my eyes, she was a broken system that would harm the world, and in hers, I was a bothersome virus she could not eliminate... There wasn't a single shred of hesitation as we cut each other's Lives away. We exchanged arts of the highest class and I was finally two or three attacks away from eliminating Administrator, or at the very least, bringing it to a draw." Perhaps recalling the vexation from that time, Cardinal firmly chewed on her small lips. "However... however, you see. At the end of ends, that depraved woman realized that decisive difference between herself and me." "Decisive difference...? But the only difference between Administrator and you would be the outward appearances... the two had the exact same system access authority and sacred arts you were versed in as well, right?" "Naturally. The one who succeeded with the preemptive strike, myself, would obviously be the one to gain victory in the end. Therefore... she threw sacred arts aside. Converting one among the heaps of high priority objects in the room into a weapon, she also at the same time designated the entire space we were battling into an address where system commands were prohibited."